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Elon Musk, chief executive of electric carmaker Tesla Motors, on Friday unveiled OpenAI, a non-profit artificial intelligence research company that is backed by other prominent names from the technology world. “Our goal is to advance...

Officials at a mosque in Coachella, California said on Friday that their building was targeted for arson, KESQ-TV reported. Witnesses reported seeing smoke coming out of the Islamic Society of Palm Springs around 12 p.m. Officials said the...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) promised that a health care bill covering 9/11 first responders would be renewed in the wake of being criticized by former Daily Show host Jon Stewart, Politico reported. “Everybody was for...

A female protester was violently shoved to the ground by two large male security guards at a Trump event Friday, according to video posted by PennLive. *This story has been updated. *The woman, who identified herself in an email to Raw Stor...

A Texas grand jury convened on Friday to decide whether anyone should be criminally charged over the death of a woman who died by hanging in an apparent suicide three days after being jailed for a traffic stop this summer. The proceedings were...

A Georgia middle school teacher is not facing any repercussions after she asked a Muslim 8th grader if she had a bomb in her backpack, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting. Saying there was no “ill intent” involved, the...

Saying “We don’t discriminate based on race, creed, color,” the principal of a Catholic school in Michigan defended allowing Muslim students to use a so-called “sacred space” on the campus for their daily prayers...

To hear him tell it, no one is a bigger critic of Obamacare than Florida Senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio. Except, that is, when he’s making decisions about his health insurance plan. Rubio campaign staffers confirmed to NBC late...

Mexican health authorities issued Friday the first permit allowing four individuals to grow and use their own marijuana for recreational purposes, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling. While the permit opens a crack in Mexico’s...

A Muslim woman was nearly shot Thursday as she left a Florida mosque, and another woman was nearly run off the road. Someone fired at least one gunshot at the woman as she drove away from the mosque in east Tampa, near Seminole Hard Rock Hotel...

Senior staff at Taser International appear to have posted scathing online reviews of a new film that is critical of the electronic weapons manufacturer, without disclosing that they work for the company. At least three one-star ratings for...

Emory University is investigating the possibility of banning Yik Yak after hate speech allegations and an arrest were linked to the anonymous social media app earlier this year, Atlanta media report. The private college, which has about 14,800...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed and sent to President Barack Obama a bill funding the government through Wednesday, giving congressional negotiators more time to work on a $1.15 trillion bill paying for federal programs...

City hall in Albuquerque, New Mexico was placed on lockdown on Friday after reports of a man with a gun caused a “disturbance” there, the police department said in a post on Twitter. “At this time, this is NOT an active...